NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 734

HOUSE BILL 1002

 

 

AN ACT TO DEFINE BOARDING KENNELS UNDER THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 19A-23 is amended by adding a new subdivision (6) as follows, and renumbering subdivisions (6) through (16), as they appear in the 1978 Interim Supplement to the General Statutes, as (7) through (17):

"(6)      'Boarding kennel' means a facility or establishment which regularly offers to the public the service of boarding dogs or cats or both for a fee. Such a facility or establishment may, in addition to providing shelter, food and water, offer grooming or other services for dogs and/or cats."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 19A-39 is rewritten to read:

"Nothing in this Article shall apply to those kennels or establishments operated primarily for the purpose of boarding or training hunting dogs."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of June, 1979.